Coming Soon

Aside from reiterating the praise from the other comments I want to express my opinion that this film in NOT a film about zoophilia. Or, to put it better, this film is as much about zoophilia as Orwell's ANIMAL FARM is about animals. It uses zoophilia (and the question of zoophile-rights) as vehicle to explore far more general and profound questions about humanity, tradition, media, morality, etc.

Regardless of whether or not this film is a real documentary (and there are many conflicting claims floating around the internet - including the films's official website!) it is highly successful in seducing the viewer into new philosophical territory - all while making you laugh and cry.

This type of film is certainly economical suicide since I can't imagine any distributors even touching it, but if the internet proves to be a viable distribution platform I'm convinced this film will become a modern-day classic on par with Pasolini's SALO, Plato's SOCRATIC DIALOGUES, etc. It shares SALO's intelligent shock-value and easily matches the effectiveness of Plato's DIALOGUES in gently guiding the reader/viewer to unexpected conclusions.

If anyone out there is aware of other films that can justifiably be called philosophical works (not just films ABOUT philosophy) please let me know. Aside from WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW I haven't yet encountered anything remotely similar.

Congratulations to Sir Po & Co. and I'll be anxiously looking forward to your future efforts!

I think "Coming Really Soon" would have been a better title for this film about a Zoophile Rights group and their planned revolution.

I just saw the film at an annual Czech event called Letni Filmova Skola, which translates as "Summer Film School" even though it isn't really a film school at all. People from all over the world (but mainly Czechs of course) converge on the small Czech town of Uherske Hradiste and peacefully indulge in the best of world cinema - both past and present. One of this year's main themes was Brazilian Film and I was part of one of the delegations. My Czech isn't absolutely fluent but the town was full of provocative posters for "Coming Soon" and I decided to try it. Although the theater was packed and I was sweating for two hours this film was definitely the highlight of the festival for me and certainly the best Czech film I can remember seeing. I pretty much agree with most of the preceding comments except for the woman who says it's not as good as Jan Svankmajer's last film - "Lunacy." I love Svankmajer too but "Coming Soon" has made me re-evaluate so many issues in life that I don't think "Lunacy" can compare from a philosophical standpoint. And the performances in "Coming Soon" (if they are performances... nobody would give me a straight answer) are far better than anything else you'll see in Czech cinema - including "Lunacy." If it's a fake documentary it's genius. If it's a real documentary than it's the ballsiest thing that I've seen years.

"Hats off" as they say in Czech and I hope you make it to Brazil. It will be fun to watch the reactions!

This is one of the best movies I have seen this year... It is presented as an "reportage", but... Some of the audience may not realize till the end of the movie if it is really true or not... And after seen it you will watch the world around you more careffourly and see some things from new angles... And you will think more about them. BTW: is there somebody around you who uses the little thing on keys in a form of a cow, rabbit or something like this... Then you will find in this movie, what exactly it means :-)

I would like to say something more about it, but no, it is too hard to say what is the movie about... you should watch it. If you have the possibility, just do it!

It will probably not be on DVDs any time soon... so you will have to look for it in some theatre... If you are in Czech Republic you have better chances, but it is going to be released in English really soon, so don't miss your chance!

BTW: when it finished I was asking myself why it was so short... but it took the standard 90 minutes :-)

Hello Cinephiles! Just a few quick thoughts about this film which I think has many brilliant sides and some mistakes or imperfections. I saw it at the French Institute of Prague who showed the premiere of the English version of the film a few weeks ago. I waited until today to write because I wasn't absolutely sure what to think about it. The Institute described the film as the most original Czech film of the year and I think it's one of the most original films of the year from anywhere. We had a long discussion after the film and so many ideas were running through my mind. But it is a shocking perverse film which made me think uncomfortable things about myself and the society we live in. Any thing that makes me think so much today is a masterpiece for me. Today it is so rare!

But the film has some mistakes in sound and some confused ideas which make it imperfect for me. But it is still a great film and I agree with many of the opinions already here.

I never saw Svankmajer's films but I know Pasolini and I think he would like it even if the film has a VERY different style. But it is full of ideas, poetry and perversion. Nice job. But be careful ;-)

All I can say about this film is "Bravo"!!! I can't remember a gutsier film in years. And this is going to start off a very interesting chain reaction. There are already people around the world organizing in ways which are portrayed in this film and I firmly believe that it will become an historical milestone in the history of zoophile rights and society in general. This may just be another, more peaceful, "Stonewall"...something that finally comes along and bursts another bubble.

But that's just an interesting side-effect of a film that opens up many other issues. I don't want to copy the film's official synopsis but it really sheds light on issues of progress vs. tradition, habit vs. exploration, as well as many other "old" issues.

Hard to describe but easy to recommend!!!